Tourism News

After a slow summer for Las Vegas, hotel-casino execs say a turnaround is on the horizon. For now, the city continues to trail 2024 benchmarks.

Indian and Chinese travelers are rewriting the rules of how travel is discovered, booked, and experienced. For destinations, adapting to these markets means more than translation. It means rethinking payments, safety, personalization, and platform partnerships from the ground up.

By fusing culture with cutting-edge infrastructure and a people-first strategy, Abu Dhabi is trying to set a new regional standard for how to grow tourism sustainably, inclusively, and ambitiously.

Almosafer wants to prove that it can move AI from buzzword to operating system. With widespread internal adoption and regional momentum, the Middle East’s biggest travel company is setting the standard for how AI can scale across every layer of the travel business.

Abu Dhabi wants to market its future while it’s building it in real time. With Google as both platform and partner, the city is using AI, creator content, and cultural capital to try to cement its place as a global tourism powerhouse.

Just marketing attractions to Indian and Chinese travelers is no longer enough. Destinations need to make travel simpler and safer for them.

As climate change fuels ever-stronger hurricanes, Jamaica’s battered tourism industry faces an urgent reckoning and so do the companies invested in its future.

As Ras Al Khaimah undergoes explosive growth, Philippa Harrison brings a marketer’s eye and a strategist’s discipline. In a region of megaprojects, her focus on authenticity and sustainability might be the boldest bet of all.

Skift’s return to the Middle East is a sign of where the global travel conversation is headed. From AI to Africa, the kickoff presentation charts a future built on connection, content, and cross-sector collaboration.

Travel talent is overdue for a rebrand. The future isn’t about fighting AI, it’s about doubling down on the human edge. For hospitality to thrive, it must tell a better story.